Method of uniting the soles and uppers of boots or shoes



(No Model.)

B. G. BENNETT.

METHOD OF UNITING THE sons AND UPPERS 0F BOOTS 0R SHOES.

N0. 336,548. Patented Feb. 23, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ELEAZER C. BENNETT, OF EAST BRIDGEWATER, MASSAGHUSETTS.

METHOD OF UNITING THE SOLES AND UPPERS 0F BOOTS 0R SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,548, dated February23. 1886.

Application filed August 19, 1885. Serial No. 1'14,840.

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELEAZER C. BENNETT, of East Bridgewater,in thecounty of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in the Method of Making Boots and Shoes, ofwhich the following, taken in connection. with the accompanyingdrawings, is a specification.

My invention has for its object the fastening of the bottom of boots orshoes to the Vamps by means of a compound peg, said peg being made andinserted by a series of operations. Said series of operations, embodyingmy invention, are illustrated by the following drawings, in which Figure1 is a section of the soles and vamps of a shoe, showing a puncture asmade by an awl and ready to receive the peg. Fig. 2 is a section of thesoles and Vamps, showing the metal part of the peg inserted. Fig. 3 is asection of the soles and Vamps, showing the outer part of the peg havingits lower end headed. Fig. 4 is a section of the soles and Vamps,showing the outer part inserted and V headed and the core in place asleft by the hammer; and Fig. 5 is a section of the soles and Vamps,showing the completed peg.

In order to manufacture boots and shoes cheaply and rapidly,l havedevised a machine, which is fully set forth in the drawings andspecifications accompanying my application of even date for LettersPatent on a machine for making compound pegs, and for using the same inthe manufacture of boots and shoes.

In the drawings, A represents the outer sole; B, the inner sole, and Gthe vamp.

The first step in my method consists in the process of lasting, whichmay be done in the usual manner; second, the last is withdrawn (Nomodel.)

and the boot and shoe placed upon some suitable support, so that thepuncture D, Figs. 1 and 2, may be made; third, the puncture D beingmade, which is perfectly rectangular in section, a doubled wire, H H HFig. 2, is inserted; fourth, the doub le d wire is headed, as shown at,H, Figs. 3, 4", and 5; fifth, the core P is driven in, as shown in Figs.etand 5; and, lastly, the top of the peg is cut of level with the sole.This completes the fastening of the boot or shoe.

From the above it may be seen that my fastening is composed of twoparts, and the advantage gained is, that one part has a head,which willprevent the peg from working out, while the other partthat is, thecore-is made of 55 wood or metal. Thus each part is made to draw againstthe other part. This arrangement constitutes a fastening for holdingtogether the several layers of leather of which a shoe-bottom iscomposed, so that they cannot be separated in wearing.

I claim- That improvement in uniting the upper and soles of boots andshoes which consists in placing the lasted boot or shoe upon a suites

